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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-12-20, Page 6()tasiti,,s; OR, DECLARATION OF WAR•, CHAPTER XI\r'.--(Cont'd.) Now for the first time she ha heard the bingo ;ge of love, and it wa a language which strangely disturbc her. If this was the way one ough to feel towards the object of one' . ably have fallen a victim to its shanp d frosts and rude wilds. While dar a- s ing the socks of the .man of her choice d ie%asit 50 absolutely eertairi that , tY other sanctuary would not have'.gra-' s / dually built itselfup in her heart, e wherein another. regret flourished,— n, the regret of the • brilliant positio sacrificed 'to sentiment? The vier `fact that she had been able to saerifl t it seemed to point to the conclusio 0! that, although occasionally the 'won I may be well lost for Love, Lady A • terton was not one of those to' whoi this loss. would. have been pure gain, r ButeFenella was not at'an. age a which such reflections easily accur. TUE TOWER OF BABEL. Descriptio' of " l'his host Intoresting or Old -Time Structures, The successful, translation, Within the last few years, of "ancient ,Asst'- rwritings r•iaxt inncri itioirs � ,ucludnu _-1 ( ' WI. burnt -clay tablets) has made it possibie to give a fair description , of that most interesting of all the struc- albeltures of antiquity, the Tower of Ba- .bel i The Tower was a temple,only 1 0 d. feet high, but elevated upon an arti- ficial terrace. It looked' much higher than rt was because the city of Baby- lon (of which it was a principal archi- tectural ornament) was built in- the midst of a great plain, so that there was nothing more lofty with which to compare it, The first of the "skyscsopers" was built of sun-dried brick, with only an outer facing of burned brick. All of the buildings of Babylon, not 'exce except- ing the royal palaces, were construct edin this s is •f � 01 the Y,,reason. that there was no stone iii the' region. Na- turally, they were impermanent, and the best of them tumbled down within a century or less. - The Tower had seven stories, the lowest one being 272 feet square. In all likelihood it was crowned by an observatory, for astronomical pur- poses. The priests of ancient ,Baby- lonia had quite a smattering of knowla. edge of astronomy; but, from their: point of view, the most important use. of the science was for the prediction of future events. They' were astrolo- gists, and such alleged information as choice, then certainly if ; was high tim to try and strike something warme out of that barely tolerant liking fo her declaredsuitor, It ought really not to be difficult. The: idea of no being able to feel anything for s amiable and 'nrep.roachable person— and one who evidently felt so much fo her—was almost rather absurd. Fo the. first time she now began to wonde what it was exactly that the did fee for her. Could it be anything •e r sembling what Duncan had. clescribed This speculation only made her mor anxious to reciprocate adequately. All, then, seemed well under way and Fenella herself most hopeful as t results when, almost on: the eve of th suitor's reappearance, her mind, which seemed settling clown so satisfactorily received a rude shock from the mos unexpected of all quarters,—for who could ever have discerned a danger signal on all the calmly ' diecorous countenance of Lady Atterton ? Lately, indeed, Fenella had been aware of having become an object of increasing interest to the stately dowager. At moments she would catch her large grey eyes fixed upon her with` an approval not easily ex- plained, since 'appreciation of Ronald's obvious intentions was scarcely to be looked for from any member of the family. But the solution of the problem was close at hand. Albert, home for his week -end, had gone over to Balladrocliit, taking Fenella with `hung presumably in the character of a gooseberry. The talk 'having,.wandered to table decoration, and' Albert having exprss- ed a wish to see the heather and brack- en arrangement in which Mabel had' been experimenting, with a view` to conning festivities, Fenella presently "found herself' alone with the dowager. Lady Atterton opened the tete-a- tete with a semi -apologetic sigh. "You know, do you not, that we are expecting Ronald to -morrow?" she asked, with a significance which sent the blood,shooting to Fenella's cheek, making her stumble over her reply. "Yes, I know." "Don't be distressed, my dear. There is no cause for confusion, only for rejoicing.' You must not think me indiscreet, but I'm an old. woman, after all, and`I have been wanting for so long' to tell you how much T symp- athise," And, almost to Fenella's consterna- tion, she put out. her well -cushioned and carefully tended 'hand, .and gave e ce n lel t n t rr 'r al S d t d d e a It s 0 n L[ P E.R XV. .� C A T e A s he slowly mounted the hill, Job 11I'Donnell's eyes Iia.d that peculiai unseeing• look in them which charact o erised them in moments of menta abstraction. And a shadow too wa e there. Only a' few .minutes ago he ha made a discovery, which, although no so sensational as the one which he an. Ella had once mutually fallen upon had nevertheless considerably disturb ed him, It was Albert who this time ha operated upon his mental blindness and the instrument used in the opera tion had been a reproachful question "Dearest father, ' what earl hay possessed you:to call 'away Fenell yesterday when Mr. Macgilvray wa here?" I had just manoeuvred them so neatly into the garden, and fe pretty sure' that when next I saw then again the job would be done. It wa like getting a knock• on the head' t see; you leading her off to wait 'iipo some old woman or. other, who•prob ably wanted nothing but a gossip." Upon which John's bewildered re Ply: "But, Bertie, dear, it wasn't an old !woman, it was Mary, M'Laren's little girl who has got to be kept in bed, and Fenellas fairy stories are about the only thing to keep her there. And besides, I don't understand -what' job was to be done?" "What job? Why, Macgilvray's !proposal, of course, which, as anyone • with half an eye can see,'. has been hovering on his lips for days. If you :hac}oleft them undisturbed yester- day for only ten minutes longer you would to -day have been the prospec- true father-in-law of Mr. Macg-ilvray. of Rockshiel!" "You mean to say_that Mr. Mac- gilvray wants to marry Fenella?" he asked at last, in a voice which waver- ed. "And you mean to say that you aren't awareawhichhas f fact. been o patent to the neighborhood for quite two months now?" Albert was gazing at his father with a sort of affectionate amusement, as at a sort of natural curiosity, rare "And Fenella will accept him?" "Of course she will accept, him, since she doesn't happen to be an idiot." There was.a long pause, after which John said to himself, more than to his son: a"l; wonder'if she will be happy?" There followed various minute in- structions touching future 'behaviour on the occasions of Mr. Macgilvray's visits,', all listened to meekly and silently by John. As he mounted the road, which from this, the south end of the village, wound 'up into the hills, his mind overflowed with the revelation just received. There was a sick parish- ioner somewhere inthis direction; but to -day the sick -call was more of a pre- text than an object. The first sharp a small, decorous pinch to the girl's fingers "But I don't understand," 'protest- ed Fenella; .and really there was a good deal she did not understand about it. "No; of course you would not. But ` will explain, if you care to hear." Here it was the dowager who, in her turn, displayed the symptoms of a shyness never before observed by Fenella -a heightenedcolor, an avert- ed glance, and a bosom which visibly 1`abored under the faultlessly -cut bodice. "I have hardly ever• spoken of . it, but also I have hardly ever forgotten it, though it happened so long ago. But just this summer, with—so much going on around me, it has grown more alive. I think you know that 1 was once a poor girl without fortune or position, just like yourself, my dear," she added, with a directness which somehow was not offensive. "I made what people call 'a good match.' All my friends nearly died , of envy when I made it I have been point- ed at as ore, of the lucky ones of the earth. Was ever success such as my success? people asked. And yet, do you know"—Lady Atterton leaned a little forward and sunk her voice by a tone—"it has not been success at all, it has been failure." Fenella, seized with a sudden, acute interest, said nothing, but the ques- tions working within her stood written in her eyes. Agitated and a little touched, Fenella gazed back at her interlocu- tor. This discovery of this hidden 'nine of sentiment stowed away so carefully behind so measured a de ineanour was almost overwhelming, while the» equally unsuspected kind- heartedness increased her emotion, "And you think that you would ac- tually have been happier if you had married the—the other man?" she asked inredulously. "I would, at any rate, have known' what happiness is; I would have tast- ed that young dream of which the poet s says—ah, how truly!—that nothing in life is half so sweet. What more can love want than to be put to the test? h To carefor a man enough to be able, for his sake, to fling everything else aside, is that'not in itself an ecstasy, enough to support self-esteem. during 'g a lifteime, by giving' you fellow u ship with. the nobliest spirits of the' world? And I might have tastedh g that ,ohad joy, hosen .' .s Iwo the test, and I failed." s put to I p On her way back across the loch, h Fenella, to her dismay, discovered that chaos had come 'again into her v so carefully tidied -up thoughts, This a front the arriviste! It was a blow iii - ,t deed,. And how explain the strange concurrence of her views upon love with those of so clid'erent a person as Duncan lit Donnell ? Had Fenellal been a little older, er- a little :calmer, she might perhaps wrestle with a disappointment is best got over'in ;solitude; and this latest news was to John a most bitter disap- pointment. During all this summer, while so many air -castles had been building around him,' John too'had been at work upon a' modest construction of his own, the first stone:of which had been laid on the day on which Fenella had volunteered to accompany him to Adam's cottage. He had suffered too long and too bitterly from the in- visible' barrier between himself and his children, not to rejoice almost im- moderately at this new departure. That help in' his ministry which he had once looked for in vain in his wife, seemed about to be realised in' his daughter. A few more years of common work, and then, no doubt, she would 'seek another field for those activities which it would have been his delight to develop. What a helpmate she would make to any earnest work- er in the great vineyard! And now, with a few crrielly brief, cruelly clear words Albert' had de- troyed the dream. The child in whom he had seen a disciple was in reality a traitor. She too, like the others, ad gone over to the enemy's side, hacl deserted into the camp of that `world" against .which his whole life. had been one long struggle. Even ranted that her decision was actually noolored by secular ambition, what chances were;'there of the seed he ad sown not heingchoked by the leceitfulness of riches ? To any oor curate with the requisite qualities;' e could have surrendered her almost without .a ,pang—but to Mr:' Macgil- ray of Rockshiel! To John it was' lmost as hard: as surrendering her o the Power of Evil. (To be continued.) Nature's food for the very young nd the very old is milk. a have been less impressed by the eon- just received. She t fiilenee 5 e might t ppssibly have suspected that that blot- som of sentiment; so carefully tended s in the depth of the ex-governess's heart, owed half Its luxuriance to this very seclusion,: and that, free to s 'pread its leaves in the rough air of o relay life, it mighty not i eprol bi £S00,000,000 is the amount •believed. o be hoarded in India. This refers o gold alone, and does not iiiclude ilver rupees and silver ornaments. The smoke of; London in certain Cates of the wind is found condensed n the sea as far away as Devonshire; ackening the water for miles. f they eoeld obtain ft' oin_ tho' heavens ,was utilizable in theirbusiness. The Tower was filled With golden St ztues and other ar'e;t ,ores. rt `we's a i.ehgipus museum, So marvelous it was that the tongues of men -were eon - fused "r- .z tryilig to deeor;ibe it. 1he.13abylon itthose days was the most populous city in the world; it lead 2,000,000 inhabitants. ,It covered an area twice that:of London to -day --;the Euphrates running through its mid- dle—and was surrounded by ,a wall• '. fifty-five miles in ,length. SEASHELLS -FOP, WINDOWS. Used Instead of Glass in Humble Philippine Dwellings. One curious thing noted"° in the Philippines is the use by natives of seashells in lien of windowglass. There is a bivalve mollusk,' native to the waters of that part of the world,' which ha's a° Abell seven or eight inches in diameter, so thin as to be translucent. It is plentiful and costs nothing, Glass is expensive. Accordingly, the poorer Filipinos use the shells for svindotiv panes in their humble dwelling's. Windows made' of then' admit as much light as is needed,' and if a pane is broken it can be replaced offhand without a penny's worth of expense. `ortt �r tecti A good • article is worthy of a good package. A rich, strong, delicious tea like Red Rose is" worth putting into a sealed package to keep it t. fresh and good. A cheap, common tea is hardly worth, taking care of and is usually sold in bulk. Red Rose is`always sold in the sealed pacitgkoaod.ge which keeps .SL'- cti „ ,.' 1 $�.. � va ,. w t. r4 a n'* ."*.iia a y y � 1, U 1 c ,. ' �•Tn . L .: t• Related By Harry Lauder. "When i' was across in France see=" ing the boys," said Harry Lauder, "I often thanked the inventor of the talk- ing. machine for not having lived in vain. A record out yonder, where the mud is much deeper than even in the streets of dear auld Glasca on the worst winter day, a record brings In 1914 200,000 pounds of wobl were back the sniff o' the hills, the wee graded and sold co-operatively in ingle neuk, and days o' auld Lang Syne. Canada. In the present year the It's Braun, I'ni tellin' ye! What an amount will be 2,400;000 pounds. vention! Voices o' loved ones always• I DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Twenty -Second Lessome Canning Fruits. • Wild fruits formed an important a 'wire basket or colander and• our part of primitive 'man's diet. The opour it gently plenty of cold water to L -bits were easily obtainable then, but remove the sand. civilization has `destroyed many of Drainwe11- and then' pack in jars, these wild fruits, except in the forest shaking the jar so that you can fill ill and mountain regions, so that at pre- as many berries as possible without. sent the only fruits ,known to. us. are crushing. Fill ; the p jar_ with hot all cultivated with the exception of syrup, `p ut on the rubber n 1'tight- huckleberries. ap b r a d tebath partly'then rput in hot ';water bath Of lateyearsmodern methods have eliminated from the house much of the and process for started.eRemovenutes aftaer drudgery' and work that were formerlytighten has as e nd tighten the.lids- as tight- as possible. considered most necessary for the sue- Invert and permit the:jaar to cool. -Be cess of the home. Men, quick to know' sure there are no leaks; and then store the value df canning, preserving, in a dark, cool place. pickling and jeliymaking, have absorb- To Make the Syrup ed this work and made it into a mas- sive business. They handle the foods One cupful of sugar to every two directly from the farms, so that the and one-half cupfuls of water. Put' housewife has gradually let this most in saucepan and stiruntil dissolved. important art slip from her:Then bring to boil and ;cook for five The constant advancing prices_ of minutes. If the sugar is pure you food supplies have caused the prudent will, have no brown scum to remove.; housewife -'to view the market with Use• as directed. alarm. She may decrease the expenses` . " The . Water Bath materially,, if she is willing to take the A- boiler for this purpose time and trouble of ;canning her fruits p Pova can be and vegetables. This boilerw ill 1 has a removable tray. Economy and thrift are not merelywill last many years if.it is a matter of,money, but rather! prud- usedoscarefully alone. rnlly and kept for this par- a. ently conserving materials within our pose Use only the best grade reach. Economyin •o a rubbers. the home means not only carefulness and:.watchfulness, 'but also `planning an,d buying; also using labor-saving; devices combined with skillful handling of foods; using wi' you; sings o' the- hanieland,. the mountain and glen to inspire you, to fill your heart and strengthen you`' am. Aye, the talking machine is a thinking machine,; and the thoughts that it in- spires are pleasant thoughts, thoughts o' harne and the dear ones. left behind. Such is Harry,Lauder's description of music among the men at the -front in • an interview ,,with,. the London Ph'ono-Record shortly after his return from his recent visit to the western front. "I'll tell you a wee story,".he proceeded in his own pawky and inimitable way, "an' it's no' a made- up yin,` min' I'm telling ye! This is a story of how a gramophone backed up the gallant soldiers 0' a gallant Scot tish regiment. The day's duties had been longand arduous and for hours , and hours the Jocks had been under 'a fierce bombardment wthoot .a rest and withoot a halt. : Then day gave way to night. > Shells were continually bursting; Lazy Lizzies, Whistling Willies and a' the rest o' the devil's' messengers. Now the rain came on. Sheets and sheets o' it; rain that looked as if it never would stop, and made one won de i i where it all came from.' Even the trenches were flooded. That night passed, and at dawn the Germans were scattered and new positions were tak- en. But'still it rained:" Harry at"this stage quietly chuckled, puffed away at his pipe, and. went on. "Several hours later • the boys were re- lieved, and tramped miles back to their rest camp—amid mud to the knees all the road, and' with the. water stream - of j r a ers. Do not try to do up, ing down their:necks and squelching in large lots. You will find that two or their .hoots. It'was evening' before three hours' work at one tine will be as much as you can successfully ac they arrived at the place where warm complish.. A few jars done carefull • tea, wa;m\olothing, and a goodalry bed up-to-date methods and reliable tools and the judgment to avail one's self quickly of ' opportunities. Learn New and Better Methods Gone are the old antiquated methods of our grandmothers' days. Using the open kettle is as surely out of date as would be a car drawn by horses. Large proportions of. sugar are also relegated to the past. This method produce ; an oversweet article, which destroys the delicate natural flavor of the fruits. This is not only un- necessary, but also it has prevented many persons from enjoying preserv- ed fruit. The canners'realized this, and have for years met this objection by using less sugar. Sugar- is not necessary for the successful keeping of fruits, but it is used to Make them palatable. The intelligent use of sugar adds to the appearanee and ta"Ste,„of all canned fruits. The many grades on the mar- ket make it necessary for the house- wife to be sure to obtain a: pure grade 'of sugar. It is needless to say that it must be cane sugar. Beet; sugar con- tains a larger: percentage of acid and does not give the same perfect results. It must'be remembered that one cup- ful of absolutely pure sugar will'ac- complish the work more successfully than one and a haif cupfuls of sugar of a lower grade. Idow to Start Canning When planning to can, get'th'e jars ready and see that the lids are in er- fect condition. By this, :I mean that. they should,' fit securely,. and have everything absolutely clean. Provide plenty of cloths for wining the jars; a funnel to fila with, and a tray large enough to hold jars intended'to be filled. There is an appliance sold in stores hat costs twenty-five cents, for lifting ars_;_and will save, fingers from being burnt and many times its cost in pre- erving hot jars from slipping or drop - ng. Before starting on the fruits or ve etable have a g s vessel large -enough o hold jars intended to be used. Put e jars and the tops into the recept- cle and cover with cold water. Bring to' the' boiling point and therm ,remove as wanted, drain and fill with the ar:'t• ole to be canned. Pour boiling' water`' over the jars uhbers just. before; using. This not my sterilizes them, but also makes` hem pliable and easy to slip on the- ars. ,The Actual Method Sort the fruit in separate dishes. ut all bruised and soft berries in one. rade-the berries by keeping` all large ind small ones in separate dishes. his is not only necessary for the ucces of .the, fruit itelf, but also for he appearance of, the fruit. Small clips cah be bought for five ents to hull berries, with, saving both he appearance of the hands- and of the berries. Put the hulled Lull; in s i t th a x 0 t P G if s t c t two or three times a week will prove a awaited them, but,°man, even before a helmet was doffed one o,' the Jocks. made for the company gramophone.' He slipped on a,record, wound up the far greater success „ than canning. a crate of berries; unless there is plenty, of help. - This method will can straw berries, raspberries, blackberries, huckleberries, curants, cherries and rhubarb. Remember that bacteria and wild yeast cells' exist in the iii„, and soil,, and therefore' in all animal and vege- table , substances. The cells are so small that it is impossible to see them. with the naked eye. They 'multiply very rapidly and thus set up a decom- position which spoils the article of, food. To successfully conserve food for future use it is most,necessary_to com- pletely destroy these germ cells. ,This can only be -done by the application' of heat in the form of a water bath or boiling. So be positive that the . water is actually boiling before counting_ the time. When once the boiling starts it must be continuous for the length of time given. Do not plunge the jars into the boil- ing water, but rather have the water. hot, say at a temperature of 125 or 1401degrees Fahrenheit, then'bring rapidly to a boil' Label and Date For future knowledge label and date your` jars and also on each put a num- ber so that you will know just how many jars, the amount: of fruit and sugar that is in:each lot. This will also give you a way to lgure`t cost. Keep a book to record all you work, the number of jars, the cost, etc. How to Make the Label' STRAWBERRIES June 10 No, 4 -Lot 3 To Make a Fruit Juice To each quart of fruit add one cup ful of water and one cupful of sugar,. then' put in a kettle and inix ' well. Bring to a boil and cook for ten min- utes, Mash well and then strain. When cool fill into sterilized bottles. Put the bottles in a water bath and bring to boil. Process for ten min- utes., Remove from bath and cork,• and when cold cover the top rby dip- ping in ip-ping'in melted paraffin. , Finally, the success or -all canning and ; preserving depends.. alone upon absolute sterilization. Work with care, doing only what can be sclone without hurry in a clean and cool.. kitchen, with a supply of good ma- terials and utensils; Many jars are lost each year by the false economy' of using defective jars and lids or.old rubbers. `-Always examine,,, each jar before stetting to store to tee that it is in perfect condition. Fruits Can- ned by this method will cost one-quar- ter of the price of canned goods pur- chased during the winter. Note—Water' in boiler should reach two-thirds of depth of jars machine, and started -it a -going.'' And the discomforts of the past thirty-six hours were sent into oblivion when the machine calmly churned, out, `When You Ccme to the End of a Perfect Day.' ,r Her�,Gift• Hen eyes, her mouth, ` her chin, so strangely small, FIer very hands, in such frail like ness made, That one caress it seems might crush them all, And • so I gaze and wonder, half afraid.' So weea gift—yet wealth of many lands Could never buy it in the richest marts! So' frail a gift—and • yet those baby hands Take mighty hold upon . two human hearts! —Burges Johnson. A good fruit garden makes a home wonderfully attractive. or stutte g overcome positive y. ur nate ral.meC ods permanently restore natural speech. Graduate.pupils every- where. rree.advice and literature. 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